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70 -- DEDICATED MULTIPROTOCOL FILE SERVER WITH RAID DATA PROTECTION SOL 53SBNB860094 DUE 072898 POC Teresa A. Reefe, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6364, Anita Tolliver, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6308 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), on behalf of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), intends to purchase a Dedicated Multiprotocol File Server (MFS) with RAID Data Protection from Network Appliance of Rockville, Maryland on a sole-source basis under the authority of 41 USC 253(c)(1). The Network Appliance MFS is the only system which will be fully compatible with other existing Network Appliance systems already in place. The systems have interchangeable parts, such as disk drives, power supply, chassis, system boards, and network interface adapters which can be used with both systems. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a quotation is being requested from Network Appliance and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number 53SBNS860094 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) using simplified acquisition procedures on an unrestricted basis. Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. The Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs), Items, and Quantities are as follows: CLIN 0001; Dedicated Multiprotocol File Server with RAID Data Protection; 1 each. The technical requirements of the system are as follows: 1. STORAGE REQUIREMENT: A. Amount of Storage: The dedicated MFS shall provide a minimum of 50 gigabytes (GB) of storage dedicated solely to the storage of user data files exclusive of data redundancy. This requirement is for effective storage available of users (e.g., a RAID 1 implementation would require 50 GB of total disk space to meet this requirement). B. Disk drive types: All hard disk drives used in this system (including those required for any system overhead) shall be SCSI drives. C. Individual disk drive capacity: All individual hard disk drives used to make up the 50GB user storage aggregate shall not be less than 9GB of raw capacity. D. Network interfaces: The MFS shall provide a minimum of five potential Network interfaces (either 10BaseT, or 100BaseT, and one FDDI interface (either SAS or DAS)). E. Protocol: By definition, the MFS shall be supported in a TCP/IP environment, and support both NFS Version 2 and NFS Version 3, CIFS (Common Internet File System), and HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) in a native mode. Native mode is defined as the support of the protocol without the need for additional gateway translation, file conversion or third party emulation software of any kind. 2. FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS: A. Tolerance of Disk Drive Failure: The MFS shall provide for the storage of at least 50GB of RAID protected user storage in a hot swappable configuration. That is, the failure of any one drive shall not cause system failure or disruption of file system service. Performance may be degraded provided that the performance penalty does not exceed ten percent, and total user storage capacities of the active system are not diminished. B. Hot Standby Drive: The MFS shall provide for an extra disk drive that is a hot standby, and capable of automatically assuming the functions of any disk drive that should fail. When a disk drive is failed over to the hot standby spare, MFS performance shall not be degraded by more than ten percent for a duration of not longer than thirty minutes per gigabyte times the capacity of the hot spare. C. Number of Mount Points: The MFS shall present all user data storage capacity to the user as one monolithic file system. In other words, while the file system will provide for directories, sub directories and files, the user only needs to mount one mount point to have access to all directories, sub-directories, and files within the file system. This single monolithic file system will have the ability to grow dynamically (up to 200 gigabytes) as disk drives are added, without requiring the creation of a "new" file system: for the additional storage. D. Restricting Storage: The MFS shall allow an administrator to limit the amount of storage a single directory can consume within the monolithic file system. The MFS shall allow the administrator to dynamically adjust these "quotas" without unmounting users from the directories. E. File Size: The MFS shall allow reading and writing of single files that are up to two gigabytes in size per file. F. Boot Times: Cold start times (i.e. the time from providing power to a server to the time the server is actively providing file service to clients) shall not exceed two minutes. The MFS shall not require a "file system check" to occur after reboot, whether the shutdown was scheduled (clean) or unscheduled. The MFS shall reboot in less than two minutes, even after unscheduled shutdowns, and guarantee the file system remains consistent. G. Stable Storage and Loss of Data: The MFS shall utilize some form of stable storage so that modified data written to the server and acknowledged by the server will tolerate involuntary shutdown such as power loss or unclean shutdown. (e.g. NVRAM). H. Ease of Administration: Administration of the MFS shall be comparable to that of a UNIX operating system. I. On-line Backups: The MFS shall allow the file system to be backed up to local or remote tape without disabling user access to the file system. Consistent backups shall be guaranteed even as the active file system changes during the backup. 3. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS: A. LADDIS Performance: The following minimum performance requirements shall be met using the 097.LADDIS SPEC benchmark: Ethernet: Over one single Ethernet supports 250 ops/sec with an average response time not greater than 10mSec. FDDI: Over a single FDDI connection supports 600 ops/sec with an average response time not greater than 10mSec. 4. RELIABILTY AND AVAILABILITY: A. MTBF: The MTBF for the MFS shall not be less than 30,000 hours. MTBF means a hardware failure that renders the server incapable of providing Multiprotocol File service to clients and requires physical repair to remedy. B. Disruption of Service: The disruption rate for the MFS shall not exceed one disruption per every 10,000 hours of service. Disruption is defined as the denial of file service due to either hardware or software failure. C. Availability: The MFS shall exceed 99.99% availability. 5. SERVICE ABILILITY: A. User Replaceable Disk Drives: If a disk drive should fail, the disk drive shall be user replaceable on the active server in such a way that service is not interrupted for more than ten seconds and a replaced drive can be incorporated back into the system while the system is on-line and the file system is active. B. Replacement parts shall be available for the design life of the equipment. For a period of at least one-year following expiration of the warranty period, and for so long as the MFS is in production, shipment of replacement parts shall take place within five (5) days turnaround. 6. POWER, FOOTPRINT AND ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS: A. Power Requirements: The following power constraints shall be met: 1) 100-240 VAC; 50/60 HZ and 2) Power consumption shall not be greater than .07KVA. B. Environmental Requirements: The following environmental constraints shall be met (temperature in Centigrade): 1) Operating temperature range: 5 degrees to 40 degrees; 2) Operating relative humidity range: 20% to 80%; 3) Storage temperature range: 0 degrees to 75 degrees. C. Footprint Requirements: The following physical characteristics of all combined MFS components shall not be exceeded: 1) Weight: 400 lbs.; 2) Height: 84 inches; 3) Width: 40 inches; and 4) Depth: 60 inches. Network Appliance shall deliver CLIN 0001, FOB Destination, no later than 2 weeks after purchase order award to NTIS/Facilities Management Division, 5285 Port Royal Road, Sills Building, Room 1016, Springfield, VA 22161. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition, including subparagraphs (6) 52.222-26, (7) 52.222-35, (8) 52.222-36, (9) 52.222-37, (15) 52.225-21, and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded from the NIST Web Page located at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/protest.htm. Network Appliance shall submit the following: 1) Three (3) copies of quotation which addresses CLIN 0001; 2) Technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; 4) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); 5) A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items which may be downloaded from http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. The offer shall be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Attn: Teresa A. Reefe, Building 301, Room B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. For information, call the POC identified above. Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 28, 1998. A faxed offer will be accepted. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotes. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all quotes received by July 28, 1998 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Posted 07/15/98 (W-SN223320). (0196)

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